Weatherby Orion

bang bang

June 12, 2003 08:43

I would like help in determining the value of a Weatherby Orion 12ga.It's made in Japanby SKB,28",screw in chokes,field grade,used very little and is in very good condition.

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  bang bang

  June 12, 2003 08:43

  The Weatherby Orion's seem to be fairly priced. Does any one know who makes them and if they are any good?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Rob

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  C182Q

  June 12, 2003 12:08

  I purchased a gold sporting clays model several years ago, I can tell you it is an SKB design, who was sold to... who was bought by...
  
  The stock cracked the 3rd time out, the firing pin broke the 5th time out, after waiting 6.5 months for the pin from Weatherby CA I have not fired it since. Good luck.

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  Tailgunner1954

  June 12, 2003 12:16

  The Weatherby Orion I bought new in the spring of 1991 lasted until 3 weeks before pheasant season opened in 1991, when it started firing both barrels with 1 trigger pull. It had never been fired with anything heavier than a standard skeet load (about 1500 rounds).
  At the skeet/trap club I belonged to at that time, every Orion there did the same thing.
  When I contacted Weatherby about getting it repaired, they told me (in a "we don't care" about your broken gun attitude) 8-10 weeks after it arrived to repair it, and it took them 4 weeks to get a shipping box to me.
  I traded it in on a used Browning Cetori (GTI), and the Browning hasn't had a single malfunction yet (with over 50K rounds fired thru it).
  The "Quality" and "Attitude" at Weatherby may have gotten better, but I'll never even consider another Weatherby product.
  
  
  

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  Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.

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  C182Q

  June 12, 2003 12:24

  Hey Tailgunner, I thought I was the only pessimist... tell you what definetly my first and last Weatherby. Have 8 Brownings 1 of which has broken a firing pin over the years.......

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  bang bang

  June 12, 2003 17:22

  I have been shooting quite a bit of Skeet and didn't want a "me too" gun. A friend suggested a Weatherby. Here in Georgia, Walmart sells the upper grade Weatherby for around $1300. Lower grade is $1050. Used ones seem to be real cheap on the auctions. Geuss this is why.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Rob

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